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John Rikhtegar (he/him)

Director, Investments, RBCx

John Rikhtegar joined RBCx after having held various roles in corporate development, revenue operations, and go-to-market at select growth-stage technology companies in both Canada and the United Kingdom. As Director of Capital Investments, John is responsible for leading RBCx’s direct and venture capital fund investment strategy, co-creating new equity and debt-linked products for the tailored to the VC industry, and producing RBCx’s data-driven thought leadership on the VC industry, broadly. John is a proud Ottawa native, HBA graduate from the Ivey Business School, and avid long-distance runner.

Sessions

FundFest

A data driven state of the market with Carta's Peter Walker and RBCx's John Rikhtegar

Peter Walker is one of the leading authorities on North American venture capital trends. John Rikhtegar is carving out a similar place in the Canadian market. Returning to the FundFest stage, Peter and John will each present original data on fundraising and investment returns, followed by a facilitated discussion See More.